TheBreakdown
Full time5 February 1972
Wales
35–12
Scotland
Cardiff Arms Park, Cardiff, Wales · Five Nations 1972Head-to-head

Wales won by 23 points.

Scoring

  1. –CWales conversion · Barry John2–0
  2. –CWales conversion · Barry John4–0
  3. –CWales conversion · Barry John6–0
  4. –PWales penalty · Barry John9–0
  5. –PWales penalty · Barry John12–0
  6. –PWales penalty · Barry John15–0
  7. –TWales try · Gerald Davies19–0
  8. –TWales try · Roy Bergiers23–0
  9. –TWales try · Gareth Edwards27–0
  10. –TWales try · Gareth Edwards31–0
  11. –TWales try · John Taylor35–0
  12. –CScotland conversion · Peter Brown35–2
  13. –PScotland penalty · Jim Renwick35–5
  14. –PScotland penalty · Peter Brown35–8
  15. –TScotland try · Robert Clark35–12

Line-ups

Wales

  1. 1John LloydProp
  2. 2Jeff YoungHooker
  3. 3Barry LlewelynProp
  4. 4Delme ThomasSecond row
  5. 5Geoff EvansSecond row
  6. 6Dai MorrisFlanker
  7. 7John TaylorFlanker
  8. 8Mervyn DaviesNumber 8
  9. 9Gareth EdwardsScrum-half
  10. 10Barry JohnFly-half
  11. 11John BevanWing
  12. 12Arthur LewisCentre
  13. 13Roy BergiersCentre
  14. 14Gerald DaviesWing
  15. 15JPR WilliamsFull-back
  16. 16Keith HughesBench
  17. 17Phil BennettBench
  18. 18Ray HopkinsBench
  19. 19Roy ThomasBench
  20. 20C CharlesBench
  21. 21Derek QuinnellBench

Scotland

  1. 1Sandy CarmichaelProp
  2. 2Robert ClarkHooker
  3. 3Ian McLauchlanProp
  4. 4Ian BarnesSecond row
  5. 5Gordon BrownSecond row
  6. 6Nairn MacEwanFlanker
  7. 7Rodger ArneilFlanker
  8. 8Peter BrownNumber 8
  9. 9Dunc PatersonScrum-half
  10. 10Colin TelferFly-half
  11. 11Alistair BiggarWing
  12. 12Jim RenwickCentre
  13. 13John FrameCentre
  14. 14Billy SteeleWing
  15. 15Arthur BrownFull-back
  16. 16Arthur TurkBench
  17. 17Lewis DickBench
  18. 18Alan LawsonBench
  19. 19Robert BryceBench
  20. 20Quintin DunlopBench
  21. 21Wilson LauderBench

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Context

All-time, Wales 74–49 Scotland, 2 drawn in 125 scored Tests. Full head-to-head

Wales going in
Scotland going in

Also on this day

Results to 27 September 2026. Scoring and line-ups come from World Rugby match summaries where available; older Tests may have neither.